Cotton-cleaner.



J. E. HANEY & E. C. YOUNG.

COTTON CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE I0, 1912.

Patented July 13, 1915.

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JJE. HANEY & E. C. YOUNG.

comm CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. I912.

Patented July 13, 1915.

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JOHN E. HANEY AND EDGAR C. YOUNG, OF INDIAHOMA, OKLAHOMA.

COTTON-CLEANER.

Application filed June 10, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN E. HANEY and EDGAR C. YOUNG, citizens of the United States, residing at Tndiahoma, in the county of Comanche and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Cleaners; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cotton cleaners, and it more particularly relates to an im proved air-blast cotton cleaner adapted to be used in connection with a cotton gin of ordinary construction.

An object of the invention is to provide simple and eflective means, including an airblast, whereby dirt, leaves, etc., may be separated from seed cotton.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple and economical of construction.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character which is so located as not to interfere with the gin machinery, with which it is associated.

Other objects and advantages may be recited hereinafter and in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the housing of our cotton cleaning apparatus. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and, Fig. 4.- is a vertical sectional view on line 4-i of Fig. 3.

Referring to these drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts throughout the several similar views, the housing 5 is adapted to be seated on top of the gin house (not shown) it being understood, however, that the interior of the housing 5 must communicate with the interior of the gin house. The housing 5 may be of any proper construction, but is preferably of rectangular and prismatic contour, having side wall 6, end walls 7 and a roof 8. A. cage or closure, of wire mesh or the like, is centrally located within the housing and comprises an upper screen member 9, vertical side screens 10 and inclined side screens 11 and 12, two adjacent lateral edges of the vertical side screens and the inclined screens being clamped between pairs of inclined frame members 13 and 14,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1215..

Serial No. 702,907.

while the opposite lateral and adjacent edges thereof are clamped between pairs of inclined frame members 15 and 16, the frame members 13 and 15 having their lower ends secured to horizontal frame members or struts 17, their upper ends being connected and spaced apart by means of hori zontal frame members or struts 18. The frame members 13, 15, 17 and 18 constitute two oppositely disposed and parallel trapezoidal frames, while the members 1% and 16, together with the bolts 19 and nuts 20 constitute clamps forsecuring the adjacent edges of the several screen elements to gether. The trapezoidal frames are secured in fixed and spaced relation to each other by means of cross beams 21, while a rectan' gular frame 22, together with bolts 23 and nuts 24 constitute clamping means by which the edges of the several side members of the screen or cage are clamped, with the adja cent edges of the horizontal screen member 9, to the trapezoidal f ames and the cross beams 21. These several frames constitute a cage frame, while the several screen elements constitute the cage which is secured to the frame, as shown and described.

The bottom of the cage frame is seated on the floor 25 of the housing, said floor being provided with an aperture 26 through which the cage is adapted to communicate with the cotton gin, as previously stated. The screen member 12 is apertured at 27 for the reception of an air-blast pipe 28 which extends obliquely through the same as well as through an aperture 29 of the floor 25 and has a flanged collar 30 secured thereto and resting upon the floor 25," for securing the pipe 28 in fixed relation to the cage and housing.

In operation, seed cotton is blown through the air-blast pipe 28, by any proper means (not shown), such dirt and foreign substances as leaves, etc., being also blown through the air-blast pipe with the seed cotton. The cotton, being heavier than the foreign substances, falls below the air current, while the foreign substance is carried through the screen member 9, pass through said screen 9 and out through the openings 31, between the end walls of the housing and the roof thereof. The heavier particles of dirt, etc., pass laterally through the side members of the screen, principally through the screen member 11, the pipe 28 being up Wardly inclined in the direction of said member 11 to thereby cause a whirling action of the seed cotton to accomplish this purpose.

It is usually desirable to protect the cage from outside drafts of air, while at other times, and under certain conditions, outside thereon. It is usually preferable, however, to

keep the doors on the windward side closed, so that the seed cotton willnot be diverted from its upward course, while the draft from the pipe 28 creates a draft within the housing and carries the foreign substances out through the open door, on the leeward side.

l/Vhen the cleaner is not in use, all of the doors are kept closed, for excluding rain, etc., from the interior of the housing.

The roof 8 is provided with a sheet metal plate 3 L, which, having a smooth and solid under surface, serves to deflect whatever particles of dirt and dust strike thereagainst, to prevent said particles from adhering thereto, so that they will pass laterally through the opening 31 or back through the screen members 9 and 11.

It will be seen that we have provided an improved cotton cleaner which is capable of attaining the foregoing objects in a thoroughly practical and efiicient manner.

lVe do not limit our invention to the exact details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as illustrated and described herewith, but our invention may only be limited by a reasonable interpretation of the claims.

We claim 1. In a seed cotton cleaner, a wire mesh cage comprising side and end members and a top member, a cage frame supporting the cage, means for introducing seed cotton into such cage in such relation that foreign substances are separated from the seed cotton, said cage frame consisting of a pair of parallel trapezoidal frames, cross beams spacing the same apart, a rectangular frame secured on said trapezoidal frames and means associated therewith for clamping adjacent edges of the several cage members together, said seed cotton introducing means being upwardly inclined to cause a whirling action.

2. In a seed cotton cleaner, a housing, a wire mesh cage centrally located therein and comprising an upper screen member, vertical side screens, and inclined side screens, pairs of inclined frame members, two adjacent lateral edges of the vertical side screens and the inclined screens being clamped between said pairs of inclined frame members and the opposite lateral and adjacent edges thereof being clamped between another pair of inclined frame members, means securing said frame members in spaced relation, one of said inclined screens having an opening, and an air blast pipe extending obliquely through said opening upwardly within the space inclosed by said screens, and means for fixing said pipe to the floor of the housing.

in testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN E. HAiNiuY. EDGAR C. YOUNG.

WVitnesses J. O. HANEY, H. E. DILLON.

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